Bush Foreign Policy

Strayer University (PAD 510)
Dr. Ron Fitzgerald
George W. Bush and US Foreign policy
An Analysis of the Foreign Policy Actions under President George W. Bush L. Randolph Carter
January 22, 2012

Abstract
The United States of America exists in a world with over 150 other nation states. In order to ensure that the country’s interaction with these other nations fall in line with the needs of the people and the security and national interest of the United States, presidential administrations are expected to lay out a clear pathway of inter-nation diplomacy. This pathway of the country’s engagement with its neighbors far and near constitutes the foreign policy of the United States. Again, the ultimate goals of these foreign policies include pursuing the country’s national interest as well as being a good citizen state of our shared world.
This paper will examine the foreign policy agenda of United States President George W. Bush. This paper will be developed as a collage of research around the historical backdrop of foreign policy actions, the environmental and social predicators of Bush’s foreign agenda, the effectiveness and the shortfalls of the policy and its effects of on the current US engagement with other nations.

George W. Bush and US Foreign Policy

The foreign policy of the United States comprise of a complex web of statutes, actions, and rules that dictate how, when, where, or why the United States engages a particular nation, coalition of nations, or internationally recognized organization (as in the case of the United Nations).
Fully understanding the United States foreign policy would mean fully understanding national predicators (i.e. domestic, economy, military spending etc.) as well as international predicators (foreign aid, world stability, etc.). Historically, the US’ foreign policy can be placed in two distinct periods. The first period primary consisted of non-interventionism, where the country shied away from participating in

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